October 2011 Issue Number 274 | Handloader Ammunition Reloading Journal

“October 2011. Issue #274. Reduce 58.0 to 55.5 grains. Work up in 0.5 increments. Reason: Dad’s powder lot was 1992. New H4895 is faster. Also: I’m not him. That’s fine.”

Frank smiled, raised his coffee mug to the empty garage, and whispered: “To the next two hundred seventy-four.” “October 2011

Frank set his coffee down. He knew that feeling. It wasn’t about the bullet or the primer. It was about the quiet conversation between a man and a cartridge—the feel of the resizing die kissing the shoulder, the click-whir of the powder measure, the tiny prayer before the firing pin falls. the click-whir of the powder measure

For the first time in months, the click of the press felt like a conversation again. “October 2011